Subject: Re: Disk front ends

Always been my understanding that the Disc Eldos had a different bearing
carrier/spacer than the T bikes....

Mike
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To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 8:01 PM
Subject: RE: Disk front ends

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David,
After all this, I may never sleep again!! The plot thickens, as Mark
says that he measured 4 wheels and found the hubs to be in the middle,
although I would like him to verify that these were all disk Eldo front
wheels. My next question is this: would a T3 front wheel fit the disk
Eldo forks. If what David says is really what the desingers did, then a
T3 wheel would not fit to the calipers.
The bottom line question is this: if I use the same bearing (and
disk) carrier as is on the right, and the same spacer, will it fit? Dave
says no, but what do you think, Mark?

Sleepless in Plano, TX. (Brian)

David Washburn wrote:

murp-@aol.com wrote:

David, After sleeping on this little problem,

You could sleep with this question gnawing at your entrails?

I can't believe that the bearing carrier (the type for
mounting a disk) for the left side would have a different width >than
the right side bearing carrier

Believe it. The Bob Nolan spacer mentioned by KO makes up the
difference and it is significant. I have one screwed to my wheel as we
speak.

...I think the same part should be useable
on each side. If identical bearing carriers are used on each side,

and

a spacer of the same width is used on each side, and identical >disks
are used...

Amen brother, but this is what happened: Guzzi took the newly developed

Tonti front end and fitted to the Eldo. They couldn't use the "T"
bearing carriers because of the ungainly width of the Eldo front end.
Thrifty to the last, they used one carrier and designed one new one to
make it fit. Voila, the bike is cancelled and the part is never made
again because it only fits one bike made for one year.

Unless, of course, someone with more knowledge than me tells me

that

I'm wrong......

I am going to flip my wheel, switch my carriers and try again. It's
cheap and it might work. If not I have my machinist's number on speed
dial for that shim.

David in NYC

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Subject: Re: Disk front ends

Author: mike skaggs

Date: Jan 30, 2001, 4:38 AM

Post ID: 1705179377

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